Trickster

I just finished reading Trickster, the latest Thorn novel by James W. Hall. Hall has been writing this series about a loner living in Key Largo Florida, who gets involved in dangerous situations while helping people in trouble, for many years. However, a while back, he decided to write the "last" Thorn novel, called The Big Finish. He wrote two books in a new series, but then went back to the Thorn novels. However, these days he is self-publishing these titles. A character in this latest book, a former publishing executive, explains how with just a few major publishing houses these days, few mid-list writers have a chance of getting published any more, which might explain going the self-publishing route. In any case, Trickster focuses on the discovery of an unknown adversary who has been causing trouble for Thorn over the years, and he and his private detective friend Sugarman, along with an ex-girlfriend, try to root out this enemy. I enjoyed reading this book very much, even if it is only available from Amazon at full price. Which for me is high praise indeed.